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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION LOTS 124-198
FOUR ICONS OF THE TWELVE MAJOR FEASTS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND SELECTED SAINTS
MOSCOW, POSSIBLY STROGANOV SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
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FOUR ICONS OF THE TWELVE MAJOR FEASTS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND SELECTED SAINTS
MOSCOW, POSSIBLY STROGANOV SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Traditionally painted with fine details on gilt ground, each within a basma applied with cloisonné enamel foliate scrolls, all possibly relaid on later wooden panels; depicting from the left, the feasts of the Descent into Hell and the Ascension above Saints Marina, Savati and Zosima of Solovki, Vasilii the Blessed, Dimitrii of Thessaloniki and the Martyr Siluan; the feasts of the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple and the Nativity of Christ above the Raising of Lazarus and the Entry into Jerusalem; the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and the Baptism of Christ above the Transfiguration and Crucifixion; the feasts of the Holy Trinity and the Dormition of the Mother of God above Saints Peter, Aleksei and John, patriarchs of Moscow, with Antonii of Percherskii and Feodosii of Pecherskii
6 ¾ x 5 3/8 in. (17 x 13.5 cm.) appr. each
MOSCOW, POSSIBLY STROGANOV SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Traditionally painted with fine details on gilt ground, each within a basma applied with cloisonné enamel foliate scrolls, all possibly relaid on later wooden panels; depicting from the left, the feasts of the Descent into Hell and the Ascension above Saints Marina, Savati and Zosima of Solovki, Vasilii the Blessed, Dimitrii of Thessaloniki and the Martyr Siluan; the feasts of the Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple and the Nativity of Christ above the Raising of Lazarus and the Entry into Jerusalem; the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and the Baptism of Christ above the Transfiguration and Crucifixion; the feasts of the Holy Trinity and the Dormition of the Mother of God above Saints Peter, Aleksei and John, patriarchs of Moscow, with Antonii of Percherskii and Feodosii of Pecherskii
6 ¾ x 5 3/8 in. (17 x 13.5 cm.) appr. each
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Benedict Winter